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Women's rigths
Ober 200women met at Senecca Falls, USA, to write a "bill of rigths" detailing the social, civil and religious rigths of women. -
Emancipation Proclamation
USA President Abraham Loncoln issued the "Emancipation Proclamation", wich declared slaves to be "forever free". -
The end of the World War I
After the end of World War I, Britain, France and the USA organized an internacional peace conference in Paris. -
The Nazi government
The Nazi government began to exterminate men and women with mental or physical disabilities, and to persecute minority groups, including Jews and gypsies. -
World War II
It began with Britain, France, Russia and later USA, fighting against Nazi Germany and itsallies Italy and Japan. -
The "four freedoms"
US President Roosevelt declared that "four freedoms" were essential for all people: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from wan and freedom from fear. -
The end of the World War II
The war ended that year but, long before that, government leaders had declared their commitment to human rights. -
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights I
The Leagueof Nations was replaced by the United Nations Organization, which drew up the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. -
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights II
The declaration was signed up. Since then, human rights ideas havebeen encouraged in many different ways. -
The Indian independence
In the 1950s and 60s, leaders of Asianand African countries began to demand independence from their European conolial rules, and many based their campaings in human rights ideas, like Mahatma Gandhi and his fight for Indian independence from British rule. -
Feminist movements
From 1960s to he 1990s, feminist movements campaigned for women´s rights. -
Liberation movements
The liberation movements in South America demanded freedom from dictatorship.
